Topic 6: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Curriculum
National Curriculum or National Standards?
Preparing for Today and Tomorrow, Elliot W. Eisner
What Students Need to Learn (Educational Leadership)
Curriculum and Consciousness, Maxine Greene (1971)
Diversity and Inclusion, Maxine Greene (1993)
Schooling as if Democracy Matters (Journal of Educational Controversy)
Instruction
Busting Myths about Differentiated Instruction, Wormeli, Rick
Response: Several Ways To Differentiate Instruction, Larry Ferlazzo
Alfie Kohn:
“Poor Teaching for Poor Children…in the Name of Reform,” Education Week, April 27, 2011
“It’s Not What We Teach; It’s What They Learn,” Education Week, September 10, 2008
“Unconditional Teaching,” Educational Leadership, September 2005
“Getting-Hit-on-the-Head Lessons,” Education Week, September 7, 2005
Assessment and grades
“The Case Against Grades,” Educational Leadership, November 2011, Alfie Kohn
Alfie Kohn on Standards and Testing: https://www.alfiekohn.org/essays-standards-testing/
“The Trouble with Rubrics,” English Journal, March 2006, Alfie Kohn
Textbooks
Textbook Selection and Respect for Diversity in the United States, SUSAN WATTS-TAFFE
How Texas Inflicts Bad Textbooks on Us, Gail Collins
Teaching content v. teaching students
Hidden curriculum
Technology in education
State and national assessment
Popham
